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boffo

/ˈbɒfoʊ/

boffo adjective: outstanding; very good or successful.

Adjective

boffo (comparative more boffo, superlative most boffo)

  1. (US, slang) Outstanding; very good or successful.
    • “Come on, Lana. Give me and the bird a chance. We're boffo.”1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN
    • And if the Hollywood stuff didn’t grab you, you could glom onto “RRR,” S.S. Rajamouli’s phenomenally successful Raj-era Indian action epic that, for sheer boffo exuberance, outdid anything the studios churned out this year.2022 December 22, Peter Rainer, “Beyond the blockbusters: The 10 best films of 2022”, in The Christian Science Monitor
    Synonyms:
    boff, clicko

Noun

boffo (plural boffos)

  1. A great success; a hit.

Synonyms of boffo

Forms of boffo

Adjective
comparativemore boffo
superlativemost boffo
Noun
pluralboffos

Origin of boffo

Entertainment industry slang; possibly from box office or buffo.

Questions about boffo

What does boffo mean?
Boffo means outstanding; very good or successful.
What part of speech is boffo?
Boffo can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce boffo?
Boffo is pronounced /ˈbɒfoʊ/.

Words near boffo in the dictionary

  1. boffinish
  2. boffinism
  3. boffinry
  4. boffins
  5. boffiny
  6. boffo
  7. boffola
  8. boffolas
  9. boffos
  10. boffs
  11. BOFH

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